Presented at the

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Presented at the Canadian National House
Church Conference (Newmarket, ON, June 26-27,
2009) Rad Zdero rzdero_at_yahoo.ca
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The Birth of a New Spiritual Nation

• A large body of people, possessing the same
  territory,
• speaking the same language, having shared
  customs, and pursuing a common cause.

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Isolation
Institutions
Partnership
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Our Vision as a House Church Network is

• To see the Kingdom of God
• established in our cities, regions, and nation,
• By linking arms as a
• relational, intentional, and missional network
  of house churches,
• That develop and deploy all believers into
  maturity in Christ as they impact others.

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Casting the NET in our Cities, Regions,
Nation
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ECOSYSTEM
Just a portion of ecosystem in the Northwest
Atlantic Ocean. At least 150 species involved.
Change in 1 species affects 225 million
interactions
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SOCIALNETWORKS
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HUMAN BRAIN
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YEAST
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INTERNET and WEB
At most, only 10 transmission lines connect every
computer in the world together to form the
INTERNET
Over 1 billion WEB pages linked together
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AIR TRAVEL
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The Methodist Movement (1700s)
Year Circuits Believers 1738 0
60 1768 40 27,000 1778 60
40,000 1788 99 66,000 1798 149
101,000
Circuit Cell Group Networks
Networked to Beat the Devil !
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Pauls Missionary Journeys
What does this look like when we add in the
missionary journeys of Peter, Silas, John,
Barnabas, Apollos, Timothy, John-Mark, Junia,
etc????
Citywide and Regional Housechurch Networks in
N.T. - Jerusalem, Acts 241-47 - Ephesus, Acts
2017,20 - Rome, Rom 163-15 - Asia Minor, Rev 2
3 and 2 3 John
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Isolated? Ingrown? Irrelevant? Imploding House
Churches ???
CASE STUDY Region of Ontario/Quebec/NY
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The House Church Network in this Region and
Beyond !!!
CASE STUDY Region of Ontario/Quebec/NY
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Get Plugged into Citywide, Regional,
National House Church Networks
Face-to-Face Events like Leaders Meetings,
Retreats, Conferences, Celebrations, etc.
Get Involved in Global Mission
Open Your Home
Give Cash as God Leads
Send and Receive Circuit Riders
Hey, lets Communicate!
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Our Vision as a House Church Network is
To see the Kingdom of God established in our
cities, regions, and nation, By linking arms as
a relational, intentional, and missional network
of house churches, That develop and deploy all
believers into maturity in Christ as they impact
others.
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Lord, what specific things do you want us to do
to strengthen CanadasCitywide, Regional,
NationalHouse Church Networks?
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Related Reading
NEXUS The World House Church Movement
Reader (528 pgs) by Rad Zdero
The Global House Church Movement (155 pgs) by
Rad Zdero
Entopia Revolution of the Ants (132 pgs) by Rad
Zdero
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Best price from www.missionbooks.org
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Nexus Small Worlds and the Groundbreaking Theory
of Networks (238 pgs) by Mark Buchanan
Tribes We Need You To Lead Us (160 pgs) by Seth
Godin